VOYAGES OF IMAGINATION: THE STAR TREK FICTION COMPANION

JEFF AYERS

ISBN 10: 1416503498 / ISBN 13: 9781416503491

Published by POCKET BOOKS, NEW YORK, 2006

About this Item

Large format softcover. Creasing/peeling on cover edges. Moderate creasing/bending to front and back covers. 792 pages with index. Erased previous owner inscription on title page. Reviews of numerous Star Trek original novels(sometimes with input from the authors of the novels). Includes comments from Greg Bear, Peter David, Diane Duane, D.C. Fontana, Alan Dean Foster, Joe Haldeman, Laurell K. Hamilton, Frederik Pohl, Andrew J. Robinson, Robert Sheckley, William Shatner. Location: MAG3 Size: 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall.

Seller Inventory # 017325

Bibliographic Details

• Title: VOYAGES OF IMAGINATION: THE STAR TREK FICTION COMPANION
• Publisher: POCKET BOOKS, NEW YORK
• Publication Date: 2006
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1416503498
• ISBN 13: 9781416503491
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition: First Edition.
• Condition: Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket as Issued
• Seller catalogs:
  • Star Trek(Books About the series/films and Novels)

About this title

Synopsis

Through four decades, five television series comprising over seven hundred episodes, ten feature films, and an animated series, fandom's thirst for more Star Trek stories has been unquenchable.

From the earliest short-story adaptations by James Blish in the 1960s, followed by the first original Star Trek novels during the seventies, and on throughout the eighties, nineties, and into the twenty-first century, fiction has offered an unparalleled expansion of the rich Star Trek tapestry. But what is it that makes these books such a powerfully attractive creative outlet to some and a compelling way to experience the Star Trek mythos anew to others?

Voyages of Imagination takes a look back on the first forty years of professionally published Star Trek fiction, revealing the personalities and sensibilities of many of the novels' imaginative contributors and offering an unprecedented glimpse into the creative processes, the growing pains, the risks, the innovations, the missteps, and the great strides taken in the books.

Author Jeff Ayers has immersed himself in nearly six hundred books and interviewed more than three hundred authors and editors in order to compile this definitive guide to the history and evolution of an incomparable publishing phenomenon. Fully illustrated with the covers of every book included herein, Voyages of Imagination is indexed by title and author, features a comprehensive timeline, and is a must-have for every fan.

About the Author

Jeff Ayers is a longtime reviewer of thrillers for Library Journal, and has written columns on suspense novels, alternate history, and adventure fiction. His is also a freelance writer for the Seattle Post-Intelligencer.